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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1731 - 1802 (71 years)
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| Name |
Donald Munro [1] |
| Born |
1731 |
Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland  |
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Male |
| Died |
Jul 1802 |
| Person ID |
I10552 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
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| Notes |
- Dr. Donald Munro.
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/51
Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/51
"This was Alexander, first professor of anatomy in Edinburgh from 1720, m Isabella dr of Sir Donald of Sleat, and d 10 Jly 1767, leaving sons John (suc to Auchinbowie), Dr Donald, Alexander (professor secundus), and 3 drs."
Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
317
2. Donald, born in Edinburgh in 1731. He also studied for the medical profession, and settled as a physician in London, where he attained an eminent position, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; was senior physician to the army, and to St George's Hospital. Like his father, Dr Donald Monro was the author of several medical works, among which are:--"Thesis de Hydrope," 1753; "Dissection of a Woman with Child, and Remarks on Grand Ulteri," 1754; "An Essay on the Dropsy, and its Different Species," 1755; "An Account of some Neutral Salts," 1767; "On the Effects of the Quassia Root in some Fevers," 1768; "A Treatise on Mineral Waters," 1770; "Cases of Aneurism; with Remarks," 1771; "An Account of a Pure Native Crystallized Natron, or Fossil Alkaline Salt, found in the Country of Tripoli in Barbary," 1771; "A Treatise on the Sulphureous Mineral Waters of Castle Leod and Fairburn, in Ross-shire, and of the Salt Purging Waters of Pitcaithly in Perthshire," 1772; "A Treatise on the State of the Intestines in Old Dysenteries," 1772; "Uncommon Cases--Violent Scurvy--Venereal Disorders--Obstinate Intermittent Fevers--Tumour in the Brain--Hydrocephalus--Ossifications in the Mysentery," 1772; "On the Use of Mercury in Consumptive Disorders," 1772; "Praelectiones Medicae ex Cronii Instituto, etc., it Oratio Haveii, etc.,: 1775; "Observations on the Means of Preserving the Health of soldiers and of Conducting Military Hospitals," 1780; "A Treatise on Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and the Materia Medica," 1788; and "Of the Method of Making the Otto of Roses as it is prepared in the East Indies," 1790. He died in July, 1802, aged 71 years, having married a German lady-in-Waiting to Queen Charlotte, Consort of George II., with issue--an only daughter,... [1]
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- [S633] Clan Munro files - Monroe, William L., Jr., William L. Monroe, Jr., The Munros - From the Carolinas - by Bill Monroe - p. 5 (Reliability: 3).
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